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Lesson 88
Trapped in a mine
Vocabulary
trap v. 陷入
结构:sb. be trapped in sp.
他们被困在燃烧着的楼房里。
They were trapped in the burning building.
派生:trap n. 圈套,陷阱
surface n. 地面,表面
结构:on the surface (of sth.)
(在某物的)表面
70% of our globe's surface is water.
我们地球表面的70%是水。
这计划表面上看起来很实际。
This plan seems practical on the surface.
词组:a surface wound外伤
explosive n. 炸药
派生:explode v. 爆炸
A snowman is stuffed with explosive.
雪人里面装满了炸药。
stuff[stʌf] v. 塞进,填进;填满,装满;填作料,填馅
vibration n. 震动
请把手机调至震动。
Please keep your cell phone in vibration.
派生:vibrate[vaɪˈbreɪt] v. 震动
collapse v. 坍塌
Ted叔叔的椅子承受不了他的重量而塌了。
Uncle Ted’s chair collapsed under his weight.
派生词:collapse v. (因精疲力竭)倒下,生病
After working for 35 hours continuously, she finally collapsed.
drill v. 钻孔
派生:drill v. 训练
孩子们接受训练,要在警报响起的时候迅速离开教室。
The children were drilled to leave the classroom quickly as soon as the fire bell rang.
capsule n. 容器
介词用法:
in a special capsule
progress v. 进展,进行 (重音在后面)
派生:progress n. 进步 (重音在前面)
词组:make progress 取得进步
好好学习,天天向上。
Study hard and make great progress every day.
1. The reporter trapped the official into _________ a secret.
A. give away B. to give away
C. giving away D. to giving away
答案: C
2. The earthquake caused a great many buildings to _______ .
A. break B. collapse C. destroy D. ruin
答案: B
3. He put his arms round her and _________ her onto the chair.
A. lows B. lowered C. dropped D. drops
答案: B
4. She could see the muscles of his shoulders _________ (beneath/below) his T - shirt.
答案: beneath
5. I was very nervous, but as the test _________ (processed/progressed), I felt more confident.
答案: progressed
6. 工作正在顺利进行。
The work is________________.
答案:progressing smoothly
Listening
Why is the rescue taking so long?
Because it is difficult to drill a hole through a hard layer of rock.
Reading
1. They are drilling through the hard rock. This is the____way to rescue the men.
(a) easiest
(b) quickest
(c) safest
(d) most dangerous
2. Rescue operations are proving difficult _____.
(a